The federal Family Medical Leave Act covers employers with 50 or more employees. You may live in a state where a similar state law covers smaller employers. Under the FMLA, you can take up to 12 weeks off. Any paid time off you've accrued will probably be counted in those 12 weeks. That time can be used as a reduced schedule, one day at a time or in one block. If there are less than 50 employees and state law doesn't help, you could ask for time off as an accommodation under the ADA or similar state law.

Apr 27, 2011 - Black cancer patients are more willing to expend their personal financial resources in order to extend life compared to white cancer patients, according to a study published online April 26 in Cancer.